Welcome back to From the Yarra River to the Mediterranean Sea.

This is the first of a two part episode where we deep dive into the history of Israel/Palestine.

In part 1, we discuss:

• why we were only taught one half of the Israeli/Palestinian narrative at our Jewish day schools and the impact that has had on this current war;
• who is "indigenous" to the land; 
• the first wave of Jewish immigration to Palestine from Russia in the 1880s and how those settlements were established;
• the term "colonialism" and whether or not Zionism should be considered a colonialist movement; and
• the establishment of the Israeli State in 1948 and the fact that to the Palestinians, this is called the Nakba.

For those who'd like to read more about the history of both nations, we recommend reading Israel/Palestine by Alan Dowty. 

Is Zionism a form of settler colonialism?

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/herzls-troubled-dream-origins-zionism

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/theodor-herzl-and-trajectory-of-zionism/

Please send any questions, feedback, or comments to us at: fromtheyarra@gmail.com

Special thanks to our sound engineer Benjamin Levitt for all your work bringing this together.